Everyone had been completely stunned by Hiccup sudden transformation and how he took down Hagen with such a precision shot.
"What happened to him?"
"It's sorcery!"
"He's a freak!"
"A magical freak!"
"He sent Captain Hagen flying!"
Hiccup's attack had been powerful enough to knock Hagen off his feet, but it hadn't been enough to knock him unconscious. He currently had displeasing look on his face, clearly Hiccup's attack had can take on him, lately by surprise.
"I'll leave this to you," said Fishlegs as he winced and turned his attention onto the ship. "I suppose I can take advantage of this distraction and loot the ship."
Snotlout was completely stunned by Hiccup's sudden appearance, but the then Onion and the others appeared out of nowhere.
"The Snotlout Pirates have arrived!" they yelled in unison and slammed their weapons right on top of Hagen's face.
"No, don't!" Snotlout cried.
"Stay away!" Kaia pleaded.
However the three boys either didn't hear them or didn't listen, because they continue to strike Hagen with their weapons.
"Take that Butler!" Carrot roared.
"Take that and that!" Pepper yelled.
"Game over you lousy no good pirate!" Onion yelled.
"No, stop it!" Snotlout ordered.
The pirates were completely horrified as the three boys continue to strike Hagen constantly.
"Those kids what are they doing?"
"Those kids have a death wish," said Toothless.
"We need to stop them," said Astrid panic stricken.
"You don't know what you're doing!" Snotlout yelled. "Stop! Stop!"
Finally the three of them did actually stop and were completely exhausted.
"All right, this time will let you off without any more brutality," said Carrot. "This time."
Jango groaned. "Now those stupid kids have really done it. Captain Hagen is going to be so mad. Those dummy brats!"
Snotlout just laid there completely speechless and the three boys rushed over to him.
"Captain," said Pepper. "You should have told us that you were fighting."
"I thought there was no secrets between us pirates," said Carrot looking slightly annoyed. "Why didn't you tell us?"
"That's right, we're supposed to tell each other everything," said Onion.
"Who cares about that?" Snotlout yelled furiously. "Look this is important, you guys have to get out of here. Run!"
"No way," said Pepper.
"We have to stay and fight with you," said Carrot.
"The Snotlout Pirates will be shamed if we run in fear," said Onion.
However, they immediately sensed an eerie presence directly behind them and they slowly turned around. Standing directly behind him was Hagen and when he went to adjust his glasses the lenses shattered. The three of them then immediately screamed.
"You idiots, don't scream! Run!" Snotlout yelled.
However they just kept on screaming as they had lost all function in their legs. Fortunately, Hagen merely walked past them ignoring them completely, he then approached Snotlout and kicked him hard in the chest.
"Captain!" the three boys screamed.
Snotlout landed on the ground clutching his chest.
Hagen then turned his attention to Hiccup. "That hurt." He then looked at him with intrigue. "My my, that's quite the strange appearance you've got. Tell me something, do you have powers from eating the Devil Fruit?"
Hiccup merely smiled. "That I have."
The pirates then immediately looked at him utterly terrified.
"He ate the Devil Fruit!"
"That guy is dangerous!"
"Devil Fruit people are real?"
"He's a monster!"
Jango finally understood, he had a brief glimpse of Hiccup's transformation before and just for that it was his eyes playing tricks on him. "It all makes perfect sense now. I didn't hallucinate when he transformed earlier."
Hagen then turned to attention onto Jango. "Jango!"
Jango looked up at him. "Sir?"
"I can handle the boy, you take care of Miss Kaia like we planned," Hagen ordered and immediately raised his claws. "Have her write her butler into her will then kill her as for the kids they are an eyesore eliminate them."
Jango smiled. "I'm honoured."
He then began to make his way up the slope, but he was stopped by both Astrid and Toothless.
"Stop right there," said Toothless.
"Yeah, you want to get to then you have to go through us," Astrid smiled.
Jango then turned to the Meowban Brothers. "Sami. Babak."
Sami and Babak was still under the effect of his hypnosis and the immediately pounced on the two of them.
"Not again," Toothless groaned.
"Move it!" Astrid yelled.
The two of them then immediately jumped out of the way, a good thing too because when Sami and Babak slammed their feet into the ground they shattered it, but the impact sent a shockwave through the ground causing it to crumble, it even passed through the cliff causing devastation.
Astrid and Toothless stood there trying to keep an eye on them, but that was difficult giving the dust cloud that had been created in the attack. Toothless then immediately saw something moving quickly raised his sword in time to block Babak's claw. A split second later Astrid sensed something behind then quickly ducked in order to avoid claw coming from Sami.
However, while Toothless was able to block the initial attack, Babak's strength was incredible and he soon found himself pinned against the cliff. Astrid two was in a precarious situation as Sami swung a kick directly at, she was able to block the worst of it by using her axe handle, but she was tossed right out of the dust and into the cliff wall.
"Those guys are crazy," Snotlout winced as he witnessed the battle. Jango use the distraction in order to get past both Astrid and Toothless. "Oh, no, Kaia."
Jango had now reached the top of the slope and was advancing towards Kaia. 'No, stay away from her. No, don't! No! No!' Then a crazy idea popped up into his head and he knew it was the only option. "Snotlout Pirates!"
Everyone immediately stopped what they were doing as they stared at Snotlout.
"Yes, sir," said the three boys together.
"I need you to listen carefully," Snotlout winced.
"Look we're not running," said Pepper stubbornly.
"Not after they did this to you!" Carrot nodded.
"We will avenge you!" Onion promised.
"Protect, Kaia," Snotlout ordered. The three boys were completely taken aback with this order. "Do as I say, don't argue with me. I'm giving you the most important task there is right now, it's absolutely critical that you succeed. Take Kaia and get away from here, you must keep her safe. This is the reason we wanted to be pirates, to protect what is dear to us so do as I say and run!"
The boys were on the verge of tears and Kaia just stared at him.
"Snotlout," she said.
"Now go, that's a direct order," Snotlout insisted.
"Yes, Captain!" the boys cried.
They then immediately turn to Kaia.
"Kaia, hurry!" Pepper cried.
"This way!" Onion yelled.
"Come on, let's go!" said Carrot.
Toothless was still struggling against Babak. 'He certainly has a way with words, he made running away sound brave.'
Astrid stood up and shook her head. 'And to think I thought he only cared about nothing but himself.'
The boys grabbed Kaia and began to lead her into the forest.
"I know these woods like the back of my hand," said Carrot.
Kaia nodded. "Okay."
She couldn't help but look back and prayed that Snotlout would be all right.
Jango was just standing there until Hagen snapped out of his gaze. "Jango."
Jango immediately looked up. "Sorry I was gawking." He then immediately pulled out two rings and began spinning around his fingers. "Those fools, do they really think can escape me?"
Then suddenly he felt a nasty pain in the middle of his back. Snotlout had managed to grab hold of a stone and tossed it with all his strength and it struck his back dead on.
"Gotta," Snotlout smiled.
Jango turned towards him furiously. "Damn you!"
Hagen then looked at him fiercely. "He's not a priority right now!"
Jango immediately calmed down with that one single look from his captain and then immediately turned towards the forest. "Yes, sir."
Hiccup was now making his way up the slope slowly and none of the pirates were stopping him.
Hagen looked down at Snotlout. "Their attempt at escape is futile. We all know too well how weak Kaia is, there is no way that they can possibly escape Jango. Now if you want to help her go ahead, but first you'll have to get off this hill alive, Snotlout."
Hagen then turned towards the Meowban Brothers. "Sami! Babak!"
Sami smiled viciously as he advanced towards Astrid, but he acted as if he was just a mindless animal.
Astrid stood up straight and held her axe firmly. "We've got no time to play with you."
Toothless was busy fending off Babak. "So we'll make this quick and make you regret that you ever stood up to fight us again."
Toothless then immediately kicked Babak in the face pushing him back and Toothless drew his three swords and then ran straight towards him. Astrid immediately took off charging at Sami and soon the two of them took down their opponents with some powerful slashes from their weapons.
Astrid then spun her axe into the air, before grabbing it and rested on her shoulder. Toothles tossed his blade into the air and held out his sheathes and the swords landed in them perfectly.
Hagen had seen the entire display, but he showed no emotion, not even angle or annoyance. Then suddenly they heard a rumbling sound from the forest. Snotlout immediately looked up and expected the worse as flocks of birds immediately flew out of the tree tops.
"Wait… What was that sound?" he said stunned.
"That is the sound of destruction," Hagen smirked. "Jango is probably tearing the place apart. Go ahead and see for yourself if you can get up."
Snotlout glared at him furiously. "Heartless… bastard. Don't even have a shred of pity? You lived with that girl for three years!"
"No," said Hagen plainly. "I've told you, Kaia is nothing more than a pawn in a game I intend to win. When she's dead, then I will be grateful to her."
"Damn you," Snotlout growled furiously.
"This guy is evil right down to the bone," said Toothless.
Astrid nodded in agreement. "Using people for his own selfish gain, I really hate people like that."
"Then what do you guys say that we put him out of his misery?" Hiccup asked looking at the two of them. He then immediately looked up at Snotlout. "Hey, Snotlout! Go find the others, don't worry we'll take care of this guy."
Both Astrid and Toothless nodded.
Snotlout looked at them and nodded, he then began to rise and by some miracle was able to get to his feet.
Hagen looked somewhat impressed. "Ah, very impressive, you can still move."
"Shut up," Snotlout snarled. "You won't get away with this, I won't let you. You betrayed the villagers' trust, not to mention you plan on taking the life of a sweet young girl. This is the last time you'll ever get your way!"
He then took one single step, but he stumbled and fell to the ground.
"Snotlout!" Hiccup cried.
"I can't move," he said wincing.
Hagen then laughed. "You really are a riot. So I betrayed them you said? Oh, please, grow up! That was all part of the plan! A scrawny orphan that does everything in his power to annoy the village and plays pirates with the local kids has no place to talk like a real pirate! Just stay on the ground there. Even if you did somehow catch up to Jango, he would end your life in the blink of an eye. Saying there is what's best for you."
"I don't care," said Snotlout through gritted teeth. "I don't care what you think of me, I will protect them. I am the Captain of the Snotlout Pirates, a brave warrior of the sea that fights for what he holds dear. I will protect everyone in the village even if it kills me! On my word, you will never set foot in that village!"
Pirates looked at one another in bewilderment.
"What's his deal?"
"He's yelling about something."
"I think he's saying that he can stop us."
Immediately they all laughed, but Hiccup grabbed a large boulder and slammed it into the ground right at the entrance in the slope. He then immediately flew on top of it and glared down at them in rage.
"What's so funny?" he roared.
Immediately the pirates stopped laughing and trembled as they looked up at him.
Toothless then made his way over to Snotlout and placed him on his shoulder. "Hiccup, Astrid, me and Snotlout are going to chase down that hypno freak. Is that a problem?"
Hiccup looked at him. "No, hurry."
Snotlout looked at Toothless. "Hey, don't need your help."
"For once swallow your pride and let us help you," said Toothless as they began making their way up the slope. "I could probably get there a lot faster, but you know the woods better than I do. If we are ever going to catch up to them, I'm going to need your help."
He then began to walk past Hagen. "Hold it you two," he said looking at the two of them. "Where do you think you're going? Who gave you permission to go anywhere?"
"I did!" Hiccup roared.
Hagen turned and saw Hiccup flying straight towards him at astonishing speed, he then immediately swung his fist towards him. Hagen quickly leaned back to avoid the punch.
"Toothless! Snotlout! Get going!" Hiccup yelled. Hiccup then immediately swung his tail straight towards Hagen. "Good luck, dodging this!"
Hagen then suddenly disappear before his tail could make contact and then suddenly reappeared behind him as he touched the ground. Hiccup sensed him and quickly ducked in time to avoid his claws.
"Dragon Talon!" Hiccup yelled.
Hagen looked down in time to see Hiccup swinging a kick towards him and he quickly vanished before it made contact.
"Damn, he keeps on disappearing," said Hiccup as he jumped to his feet. "But the others got away that the most important thing."
"I'll make sure these pirates stay down at the bottom of the slope," Astrid called up the slope.
The pirates looked at her fearfully as she smiled at them with her axe resting on her shoulder.
"Thanks," Hiccup nodded.
Hagen then reappeared right in front of him. "Before I kill you, I feel compelled to ask… what is an outsider like you batting into this villages business for?"
Hiccup smiled. "Because I don't want Snotlout to die."
Hagen smirked. "Simple enough. Are you okay with that being the reason that you die?"
"Of course. However, I have no intentions on dying today."
"We'll see about that," said Hagen as he drew his claws.
Hiccup then suddenly appeared right in front of him and swung a fist towards him, but he quickly ducked and then dealt a powerful sidekick right into his chest. The blow was strong enough to knock Hiccup into the ground, but he quickly recovered and began to swung his tail towards him.
"Dragon Whip!" Hagen quickly jumped into the air to avoid the tail and Hiccup began taking in a deep breath. "Plasma Blast!"
Hiccup fired a plasma blast directly at Hagen, the moment he touched the ground he jumped into the air again avoiding the attack.
"This is quite boring," said Hagen as he landed on the ground safely.
"Cocky jerk," Hiccup muttered.
Hagen then immediately dashed towards him and kicked him right across the face, slamming him into the ground.
"That was one mean kick," said Hiccup as he rubbed his cheek.
The pirates just stared up at them.
"Hagen just knocked him flat. A lot of good that Devil Fruit did him."
"Yeah, that's Captain Hagen for yeah."
Immediately they began to cheer for Hagen, but judging from the look on his face he wasn't particularly thrilled with it.
"Shut up," he growled. "Do not call me that!"
The pirates immediately stopped cheering a little confused on why he was so upset.
"You still don't get it," he said glaring down at them. "You fools. This whole plan was devised so that I may be rid of that name once and for all. I'm tired of it, conducting plans every day for a bunch of barbarians who only care about havoc and mayhem, relentlessly attacked by government dogs and bounty hunters. I'm tired of it, I am sick and tired of that entire curse and life!"
Three years ago, Hagen was still the captain of his ship and it had been attacked relentlessly by Navy vessels new starting to grow sick and tired of their persistence. Jango, who was his first mate back then just reported that the Navy had attacked them again.
"The Navy, huh," he said tiredly. "This is the third time this week."
"Can you really blame them?" Jango asked. "You're one of the most famous pirates sailing the seas right now. I mean your bounty 16 million Gil."
"You're right," Hagen agreed. "My information is what draws them to us, that is why I'm going to give up being Captain Hagen."
Suddenly the entire ship shook as another cannonball struck it.
"Well wouldn't that the nice," said Jango, not completely sure what he was talking about. "Except the Marines will not stop as their pursuit until Captain Hagen is dead."
Another cannonball then struck the ship.
"I am going to die," said Hagen as he got to his feet. "It would seem as if the tumultuous life of a pirate is just isn't for me."
Jango stared at him. "You can't wait, sir. You're the ship's captain."
"You can be captain now," said Hagen as he began making his way to the door. "I have finally grown weary of this life." He then opened the door. "It's over. I'm killing myself for all to see."
The pirates on the ship then immediately approached him looking a bit frantic.
"Captain Hagen!"
"Captain!"
"Captain!"
Hagen looked at them. "How many vessels are there?"
"One, just one this time."
"What shall we do captain? Should we man the cannons, we can blast them to splinters?"
"Lower a small boat into the water," Hagen ordered.
The pirates immediately stared at him as if he had just gone crazy.
"What?"
"A boat… now!" Hagen repeated.
The Navy ships kept on blasting the Pirate ship and Jango just stood on the bridge watching. Hagen had just informed him of his plan on how to die and despite his reservations he had no choice but to do it.
"Jango! Captain Hagen has just—"
"Yeah, I know," Jango sighed.
Another pirate blinked at him. "'Yeah, I know'? It's too dangerous for him to go there by himself. Don't tell me he's turning himself in."
Jango knew that wasn't his intention and watched as the pirate cringed as the Navy ship fired more cannonballs at them. However, they never came on the ship just sat there silently in the water.
"What?"
"The cannon fire stopped."
"What's going on?"
"This is weird."
"Prepare to board the ship," Jango ordered.
Pirates were completely bewildered by this order.
"But, sir—"
"I didn't ask for your opinion, that's an order!" said Jango strongly.
The pirates shrugged with one another.
"Yes, sir."
"We'd better get ready for a fight."
Jango then immediately turn to the shipwright, who bore slight resemblance to Hagen. "Shipwright."
"Yes, sir?" the shipwright blinked. "What is it, sir?"
Jango could barely looked him in the eyes. "Goodbye, it was nice knowing you sailor."
Eventually they reached the Navy ship and there sitting on the deck was none other than Hagen, wearing his cat claws. The entire deck was covered in dead bodies of Marines, who had major gashes across their chests.
Upon seeing the devastation the pirates gulped and were fearful of their captain now more than ever.
"The Marines."
"They've been wiped out."
Hagen smiled sadistically as he adjusted his glasses once again. "Now then, let's begin this plan."
He then immediately kicked one of the Marines onto his back, who turned out to be none other than Morgan, however back then he was just the Chief Petty Officer. The moment he did Morgan roared in pain and spat out a little blood
"Come on, stay together," said Hagen. "I was kind enough to let you and you alone to survive."
"Just do it, I'm not musing to you," Morgan wheezed. "Finish me off and get it over with."
Hagen responded by slamming his foot on his jaw breaking it. "You will be perfect, if you can still howl this match with a shattered jaw you should do fine." He then chuckled quarterly. "Today, is the greatest day of your life. Today is the day that you captured Captain Hagen… you should ever be so grateful to me. I'm giving you the head of Captain Hagen."
The poor shipwright was immediately tied to the mast and dressed up as Hagen. Jango then began to hypnotise him in order to make them think that he was indeed Captain Hagen.
"Your name is Captain Hagen, this atrocity was you're doing," said Jango as he swung his pendulum in front of the shipwright. "One, two, Jango."
"My name is Captain Hagen, this atrocity was my doing," said the shipwright.
He then immediately turned to Morgan, who was being held by the pirates, and began to hypnotise him. "And you are the brave Marine that caught the infamous Captain Hagen. Return to base and see that he gets executed. One, two, Jango."
A few moments later, Morgan was on the Navy ship and were sailing back to the nearest Marine base with the shipwright, who still believed to be Captain Hagen.
Jango had once again managed to hypnotise himself and was yelling at the Navy ship. "I am the brave Marine that caught the infamous Captain Hagen!"
The pirates merely shook their heads.
"You're doing it again, sir."
Hagen smiled as he was now free of his identity. 'Perfect, when my double get executed Captain Hagen will disappear from the earth and I will live the life I deserve.'
Back in the present, Hagen had just explained to everyone that he had no intentions of resuming his life as a pirate.
"And when my plan succeeds today, after three years of planning, revising and awaiting, my goal will be achieved in its entirety," he said. "Wealth and peace of mind will finally be mine." He then looked at Hiccup. "Do you understand now, boy? I will not allow this perfect plan, years in the making, to fail! My plan will not be disrupted by an election like you!"
Hagen then raised his claws and immediately pounced upon him, but what he didn't realise that while he was busy monologue in Hiccup had backed his way to the boulder he placed in the slope earlier. Then with his arms he immediately grabbed the boulder and used it as a shield.
Hagen was moving so fast that he was unable to stop in time and the claws on his right hand will wedged into the stone surface. He had completely underestimated Hiccup's strength, there again he probably had taken notice as he had demonstrated his strength more than once.
"It would seem you can do a lot more than turning into a dragon," Hagen surmised.
"That's right, I've been toughening myself up to be a pirate," said Hiccup as he began to crush the boulder with his hands. Then with one good twist of the stone he snapped Hagen's claws. "If you don't want a reputation…" He then slammed the boulder right into Hagen, "then don't be a pirate!"
Hiccup smiled as he fell. "You're just greedy, Hagen, but unlike you I have ambition."
